Mesa Air & Republic Airways to Merge

[Mort]

Mesa Air & Republic Airways to Merge

This morning, Phoenix based Mesa Air and Indianapolis based Republic Airways have announced intentions to merge into a combined carrier. The combined company, which would operate as Republic Airways Holdings Inc, will have a single fleet of about 310 Embraer 170/175 aircraft, and will remain listed on the Nasdaq as “RJET.”

According to Reuters, Mesa, which has a market value of $29.3 million, rose 23.8% in premarket trading (this is especially notable given the less than ideal situation in the US stock market).

Mesa Air: Fast Facts

Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona
Operates on behalf of: United Express, American Eagle
Number of Employees: ~3,600
Fleet: E175s (80 currently, 20 on order)
Daily Departures: 500+
Hubs: Houston (IAH), Washington (IAD)

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Republic Airways: Fast Facts

Headquarters: Indianapolis, Indiana
Operates on behalf of: United Express, American Eagle, Delta Connection
Number of Employees: 1,992
Fleet: E175s (177), E170s (41)
Daily Departures: 1000+
Hubs: Boston, Chicago (ORD), Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, Newark, New York (LGA), Washington (DCA), Pittsburgh, Philadelphia

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https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/mesa-air-republic-airways-merger-deal-create-larger-regional-airline-2025-04-07/

[Stargazer_Avation]

This will be interesting to watch

[Humanguy]

Great article, this is definitely a big merger.

[Ronni_Fuentes]

Thought it was kind of cool too: Indianapolis is the headquarters for Republic Indy (of course Indianapolis) 500 Callsign for Republic Airways Brickyard.

[BennyBoy_Alpha]

This is interesting - will definitely be watching this to see how it unfolds given the whole stock market situation atm…

[Anthony_Gulluscio]

Well this is a big one, pretty unexpected. Good article

[QFA_12]

Very interesting to hear about! Great Article!